Contionary:volet
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Carnian
Alternative forms
- voleti (Lower, Kvarner)
- voler, volere (Kvarner, Southwestern Central)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volěti ("to wish, to will"). For similar semantic shift, compare Serbo-Croatian voljeti and German mögen.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA: [ʋɞlɛ̌t]
- (1sg present indicative) IPA: [ʋɔ̂ːlɛm]
- (Carinthian) IPA: [ʋɔ̂ːlɛt]
- (Kvarner) IPA: [ʋo̞lě̞t], [ʋǒ̞ːle̞t]
Verb
volet impf
- (transitive) to like (someone or something) [with accusative (positive) or genitive (negative)]
- (transitive, with conditional) would like, to want (something)
- Bim voleu jenà pitzà. ― I would like a pizza.
- (dated) to prefer
- Synonym: preferat
- (dated) to choose
- Synonym: vibrat
Usage notes
- Volet in its meaning "to like" is the most common way to express enjoyment, but the coastal Central and Kvarner dialects prefer to use radat (or, less commonly, frijat) with subject and object reversed. Compare standard (or inland) Volem melco and coastal / southern Me radie melco, both meaning "I like milk".
- Volet in its meaning "to want" is considered a more polite synonym of teat (“to want”) and is preferred in more formal situations.
Conjugation
| Infinitive | volet | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Participles | Past | voleu | |||||
| Active | volant | ||||||
| Passive | volen | ||||||
| Gerund | volenie | ||||||
| Singular | Plural | ||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| Indicative | Present | volem | voleṡ | vole | voleme | volete | volejan |
| Past | jem voleu | jes voleu | je voleu | jesme voleu | jeste voleu | san voleu | |
| Future | bam voleu | baṡ voleu | ba voleu | bame voleu | baste voleu | badan voleu | |
| Imperative | - | voli | (hai vole) | volime | volite | (hai volejan) | |
| Conditional | bim voleu | biṡ voleu | bi voleu | bime voleu | biste voleu | bi voleu | |